The Dead Weather—the hard-rocking band featuring Jack White and Alison Mosshart—announced that they will release a third album, Dodge & Burn, in September. A specific date has not yet been revealed. Four tracks from the album have already been released, though not necessarily in the same versions that will appear on the album. (Billboard) After a five-hour set…

Morrissey is coming to the Fitzgerald Theater on July 13. Jim McGuinn shares his fascination with this month's pick for The Current's Rock and Roll Book Club: Morrissey's autobiography.

Veruca Salt embrace a throwback sound with obvious joy on 'Ghost Notes,' their first album in nearly a decade and the first by the band's original members since 1997. Listen to 'Ghost Notes' before it releases this Friday, July 10, on the first universal release date for recorded music.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's celebrate Carli Lloyd's fastest hat trick in World Cup history by playing your favorite short songs. What songs do you want to hear that are over quickly but are still awesome? Send us your requests.

“Dillinger Four is 21, huh?” Craig Finn was grinning ear to ear, surveying a giddy parking lot of black t-shirts and plastic pint glasses. He’d only made it two songs into his band Lifter Puller’s first performance in 12 years, and he’d stopped to take a few minutes to address the crowd while a stage tech…

John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time; Louis Armstrong went marchin' in with the saints; Phil Collins went to No. 1 with 'Sussudio'; the first rock 'n' roll star, Bill Haley, was born; and the Rolling Stones hit No. 1 with 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' Today in Music History.

Prince and his band 3RDEYEGIRL have surprised fans with a surprise new track, released on Soundcloud. “HARDROCKLOVER” pits rock against R&B, suggesting that what ladies really love—or, at least, the eponymous lady really loves—is the kind of guitar noise that Prince has been making lately on albums like PLECTRUM ELECTRUM. You could also interpret the lyrics as a woman-guitar…

Desaparecidos' first record in 13 years, 'Payola' is an exhilarating, exhausting experience, somehow managing to sustain a remarkable intensity for its full 40 minutes.

In May 2014, developer Doug Hoskin announced plans to turn the Minneapolis Armory into a venue for concerts and other events, opening as soon as this year. Those plans stalled, though, as Hoskins looked for the right partners to invest in the renovation. Ned Abdul‘s Swervo Development has now bought the Armory from Hoskins and intends to move forward…

JD McPherson, who performs on 'A Prairie Home Companion' on July 4, frequently wears a 'Smith Fabrication' shirt while onstage. It turns out the namesake of the shirt is TK Smith, a California-based guitar builder and craftsman. 'All the stuff I build is all technology that was available in the late 1940s to the mid-50s," Smith says. 'They used to make things so much better back then.'